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l. C. IVIACKEOWN.

DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-28,1919.

Patented Sept. 9, i919.

IDA C. MACKEOWN, 01E NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSTGNOB 1'0 HELENIP. SINGER (10.,INC 015 NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF EW YORK.

DOLL.

infants.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ept. 9., 1919..

Application filed February 28, 1919. Serial NIL-$79,762.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that T, IDA C. MAGKEOWN, acitizen of the United States, residin at New York cit in the county ofNew ork and State of blew York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improvement in dolls.

It is well known that the prices of artistic and daintily gotten updolls which are constructed to resemble as nearly as possible abeautiful and prettily dressed girl have of late years become soexcessive that the poorer classes of people have been comp'elled topurchase for their little ones cheap substitutes, which are more or lessmonstrosities in appearance and can serve no useful urpose in theesthetic education of the chi d, even though they may aHord it someamusement. It is believed that dolls should serve the purpose of aidingin creating in a child a taste for neatness, dainty-arrangement ofclothing and attractive appearance, as well as to develop and administerto the childs motherly instincts. Ugly and unhuman looking dolls cannotaccomplish this purpose. It is the object of the present invention toproduce a doll which shall be neat and attractive in appearance, havinga face and other parts strongly suggesting a pretty child, and whichshall be strong and durable and yet cheap and economical to manufacture,so that it may be sold at a reasonable price and thereby be within thepurchasing power of poor families. This object is accomplished in theimproved doll hereinafter described and articularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred form of theinvention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the completed doll; Fig. 2is a sectional side elevation of the head, showin the manner ofattaching the imitation hair thereto, Fig. 3

is a detail showing the manner of attaching the imitation hair to theskull-piece; Fig. 4 is a perspective of the dolls head with the hat on;and Fig. 5 is a perspective of the dolls head showing the arrangement ofthe imitation hair without either ribbon or hat.

In constructing or making up the doll illus trated in the drawings, Ifirst secure a hollow head piece 7, the face portion of which is formedto resemble as nearly as possible the contour of the face of a prettygirl ch1ld, with the cheeks stained and the eyes, eye-l1ds and eye-browspainted in the requislte colors, depending on whether the doll 1s to beof the blonde or brunette variety, and with thenostril openings and thelips properly tinted. Doll heads like this are cheaply manufactured andcan be purchased in the open market, and are far morehuman-llke in apearance than rag or knitted doll heads. aving fixed painted eyes ratherthan lass eyes or eyes like the socalled sleeplng dolls, does not inthe'least spell the attractiveness or the prettiness of t e doll face.This hollow doll head piece 1s composed of a composition materialadapted to withstand much abuse without breaking. The hollow head pieceis provlded with a flaring portion at the breast 8 and the back part 9of the shoulders, which w1ll not only'serve the purpose of a bosom andshoulders presenting a comely appearance when a low-necked dress is onthe doll, but which will also provide a suflicient support for the upperpart of the torso or body portion of the doll. This body portion may becomposed of a fabric exterior compactly filled with a more or lessresilient material,

such as ground .cork; such body portions may be'purchased ready made. Itis requisite that the filling of the body portion of the doll be suchthat it will not become misshapen with much handling.

The arms 10 of the doll are preferably composed of the same compositionmaterial as the head and are adapted to withstand considerable strainwithout breaking. The arms are prettily formed and are Iiiade bent, sothat the forearms naturally project'slightly forward when the upperportions of the arms lie parallel with the body. The arms are so joinedto the body portion that they are permitted to swing in a line parallelwith the side of the body, as indicated in Fig. 1. The legs 11 of thedoll are preferably composed of a fabric material and are stufl'ed withsome such filling as cork or other material which will not readily lumpand distort the shape of the legs. The legs are joined to the torso insuch fashion that they are capable of swinging. This may be efiected bymeans of rivets backed by Washers. This construction is such that it ispractically impossible with ordinary usage for the legs to becomedetached from the body portion of the doll. Thefabric of which the legsare composed is preferably flesh colored,

- which is also the color of the arms.

. a piece of fabric 15 called a skull-piece.

In order to promote its artistic appearance and to make it resemble asnearly as possible a girl, the doll is provided with imitation hair..This imitation hairis composed of some textile material, preferablycurely attached to the head, as shown in Fig. 2. When this is done, theyarn is spread out on the head radiatingly, the point at which thestrands of yarn are bound being substantially the center of the top ofthe back portion of the head, whichcorresponds substantially to thepoint on the human head where the hair radiates.

The method of attaching the strands of yarn to the skull-piece isindicated in Fig. 3. It is accomplished by holding up one end of thebunch of yarn strands and spreading the other end out over theskull-piece, and the-n sewing the yarn strands at their middle point tothe skull-piece. Care is taken that the sewing will not take in strandsof the upper part of the bunch. When the strands of the upper end of thebunch are then spread out, they completely hide the sewing stitches, andsuperficially it is impossible to tell how the imitation hair of thedoll is fastened to its head. This construction is such that dolls withunpierceable heads may be provided with imitation hair of textilematerial Without gluing the hair directly to the dolls head.

The length of the strands of yarn is preferably such that the backportion of the imitation hair comes down to the shoulders of the doll.The part thereof which extends toward the front and over the face isclipped at the forehead to resemble bangs, wit-h the result that theface of the doll is prettily surrounded by its hair. .When the hair hasthus been arranged on the doll, it may be kept in place by a smallribbon, with the bow showing at some point over the fore head to presentas attractive an appearance as possible. A peculiar feature ofimportance involved in making the imitation hair of the doll in thismanner and in thus attaching it to the head of the doll is that all thestrands of the yarn or worsted being attached to the head at only onepoint, the child playing with the doll is afforded every facility forarranging the dolls hair as it sees fit, if the primary arrangement doesnot satisfy it. Although the arrangement shown may be the best and mostattractive,

' it is desirable for affording the child amusement in playing with thedoll to attach the hair in this manner, so that the child may comb it,brush it, braid it and work upon it to its hearts content withoutinjuring it.

Having constructed the (101] as thus described, and it will berecognized that this construction is cheaply and economicallyaccomplished, there being no expensive materlals used in thework, andthe shape and arrangement of the parts being such that they are readilyand quickly put together, and when so put together are strong anddurable and capable of withstanding the ordinary strains to which dollsare subjeoted by the children playing with them without the membersfalling apart, the doll is next dressed. The feet and lower portions ofthe legs are provided with half socks 16, so as to expose a shortportion 17 of the flesh colored leg, and on the feet -The imitationhair, instead of being short and arranged more or less like the fashionof dressing childrens hair called the Dutch clip, may be otherwisearranged. The principle of attaching the imitation hair to the dollshead, however, will not be departed from whatever the length or thematerial of which the imitation hair is composed. This principle is tosecure imitation hair to a dolls head which is composed of some hardunpierceable material, so that the hair strands will not be attached forany sub-- stantial part of their length to the head, but each strandwill be free from the head except at one point.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A doll having a body portion with arms and legs attached thereto, ahard head piece secured to the body portion, a skull piece secured tothe head piece, and imitation hair composed of strands of textilematerial attached to the skull piece at one point in such manner thatthe strands radiate from that point.

2. A doll having a body portion with arms and legs attached thereto, ahard head piece secured to the body portion, a skull piece secured tothe head piece, and imitation hair composed of separate strands attachedat their middle point to the head piece so that half the strands arespread over the skull piece and the other half are spread over the firsthalf so as to cover up the point at which the strands are attached tothe skull piece. 1

3. A (1011 having a body portion with arms and legs secured thereto, ahard head piece secured to the body portion, and imitation hair for thehead piece composed of strands of textile material bound together attheir middle point, a skull piece secured to the head piece and to whichthe strands are attached at their middle point, one-half of the strandsbeing spread out over the skull piece before they are attached to theskull piece and-the other half of the strands being spread out over thefirst half after they are attached to the skull piece.

4. A doll having, a body portion with arms and legs attached thereto, ahard head piece secured to the body portion, a skull piece secured tothe head piece, and imita' tion hair composed of separate strandsattached to the skull piece at one point and in such manner that thestrands radiate from that point and the uppermost strands cover 7 up thepoint of attachment to the skull piece.

IDA G. MACKEOWN.

